What does “being successful” mean to you? Is it about making lots of money?Is it about having a big house or a fancy job title? Or is it about being happy and content in life? Everyone has their own idea of success, and that’s totally okay!But guess what? You’re probably more successful than you think. […]
Monica Ramos It’s 1:02 p.m. Do you know what your brain is doing? If the answer is trawling the bowels of the internet instead of finishing those spreadsheets, it might be time to step away from your desk. Brain slumps are real, said Gloria Mark, a professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine. […]
getty The increasingly materialistic society we live in has led many of us to believe that happiness is something to be chased, to obtain. The ultimate end goal that leads to everlasting bliss and contentment. Paradoxically, research shows that the more people chase materialistic pleasures as a means to seek happiness, the more depressed, anxious […]
Getty Images Human emotions are complex, but we’re often guilty of oversimplifying them. If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of a well-meaning but misguided “Don’t worry, be happy” or “Try not to worry”, you’ll understand. Because when we talk and think about happiness as a general outlook, we tend to sort people into […]
A Harvard study running since the 1930s says it’s human connections not money that makes people the … [+]..Getty Images It’s hard to get proof on what makes people happy but there is a longitudinal survey that has been examining happiness since the 1930s and after decades of research, the results have been published in […]